Kshamenk has become the last remaining orca to be held in captivity in South America and ... a heartbreaking timelapse of the isolated killer whale lying motionless for 24 hours while trapped ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

"Killer whales are highly social animals ... Keiko, the orca that starred in the 1993 move Free Willy, was rescued from captivity in 1996 before being taken to a bay in Iceland in 1998.

Killer whales were the main attraction at the park ... But the planned move of its last two orcas -- both born in captivity -- to Japan is unacceptable, France's Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier ...

The orca Keiko was taken from the wild as a young whale before spending most of his life in captivity. Once fans, especially children, of the 1993 film learned that the animal star didn't enjoy ...

In 2023 the marine biologist published The Killer Whale Journals, which details her decades long interest in the ocean predator and how they behave. "Those whales, that have spent their entire lives ...

The two orcas -- also known as killer whales -- themselves face an uncertain ... the 2013 documentary film "Blackfish" denouncing the captivity of cetaceans and the Covid pandemic.